Transgenderism is a relatively new term in the field of sexology, one meant to describe a variance falling at some point between transvestism and transsexualism. – McCary’s Human Sexuality, 1982, Page 410
This is a community flier from 1976. Note the attempt to find some taxonomy which encompasses all people of non-cisgender history, experience or expression. Also, note the proto-transgender symbology. "Note: Transvestite, as used herein,…
If you’re a researcher or provide services to a target population, how do you work with identity vs reality vs definitions? How does your datasets deal with: White people who do not identify as…
n further exploring how the evolution of the trans lexicon has brought us to this moment in linguistic history, I felt that it might be interesting to explore how a variant of the word…
The Spirit of the Earth, Jerome Perlinski 1st edition, 1981 Evolution of the Trans-Gender Process
From The Language of Sex A to Z by Dr. Robert M. Goldenson and Kenneth N. Anderson: 1986: Transgenderism & Transsexualism Transgenderism: a gender identity disorder in which a person strongly identifies with the…
Homosexuality, social, psychological, and biological issues, 1982, p. 57 Third paragraph reads: Transgender Phenomena “Much of the theorizing of the nineteenth century viewed homosexuality as either willful sin or a biologically determined sickness, with…
“Tranny” seems to be a contentious term within the GLBT community. For many in the trans community, we’ve known “tranny” to be a term associated with the gay (specifically gay male) community; a term…
The Sexually Unusual Publication Date: 1988 Also published in the Journal of Social Work & Human Sexuality: 1988 Crossdressers are transgender Transsexuals are transgender individuals who need a social network Transsexuals are transgender
Trans-sexed, 1977 She withdrew from medical practice in order to concentrate on playing tennis as “my vehicle” for proving that a trans-sexed male “is a woman in every conceivable way” and not “psychotic or…